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This emaciated horse was spotted on a Parkland County property on Dec. 20. (Supplied/Lauren Nagel)

A Parkland County man first charged five days ago in relation to dead horses found on an acreage west of Edmonton now faces further charges.

Ross Andrew Atkinson, 50, turned himself in and faces 60 new Criminal Code charges of permitting or causing unnecessary pain, suffering or injury to animals, Evansburg RCMP said in a news release Thursday.

Atkinson was originally charged with three counts of the same charge on Monday, a few days after police found three dead horses on an acreage in Parkland County.

His three charges came after police charged Patricia Lynn Moore, 48, for the same alleged offences.